Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Question Of The Week

Each decade brings its own quirks and fads. Some of my favorites from the 80's:

(Sass, just nod your head and look pretty and pretend you know what we're talking about)

Reebok Hightops

Fashionable and ankle-friendly. Monica had them. Monica had everything awesome when we were kids. I had 5 brothers and sisters instead of cool shoes. (And, I wore hand-me-down tough skin jeans from my BROTHER, but that's an entirely different post subject.....and something that will be noted in my upcoming memoir with details of how my parents ruined my life.)

Astro Pops

A ball park essential. I looked for these in the Boulder Powell's Candy Shoppe and also at one in La Jolla last summer. I love old school candy shops. No where to be found. They must be resurrected.

Jelly Shoes

I'll go ahead and use my merchandising background to guess these suckers had a total "real" cost of about $.12. Big money made on this fad. Genius.

Let's all agree that Crocs will be highest on the list for the first part of the 2000's. (What is the appropriate term for this decade? Shouldn't we know this by now?)

43 comments:

Those astro pops...I have 1/2 a fake tooth up front (bad banana bar on my bike accident in 2nd grade. I was eating one of those in college and it pulled off the back 1/2 of my tooth...THEN went to the bar that night and was dancing while drinking a bottle of beer and knocked out the other 1/2...so I was drunk and showing off my missing tooth! Cute...very cute...my mom was very proud.

Thanks, Case. I smiled pretty and nodded the whole time. My mom had those Reeboks! I vaguely remember astropops. (I couldn't agree more on the old-time candy) I had some jellys, too. Love this post. I think about this often. I think you're on the right track. Also? Gladiator sandals, short boots, skinny jeans, metallics, ginormous sunglasses, Webkinz, the ever-annoying Zhu Zhu pets, reality TV, blogging, LOL, OMG, WTF, ipad/touch/phone/pod. I could go on. Love this question of the week. I will be back to see what others think!!

hate to say it but lady gaga and i-phones (you know they'll come up with something else...and HOPEFULLY she'll fall out of fashion). twilight mania will definitely be a nod to this decade even though it started a couple of years ago...also that long hairstyle (which is pretty i agree, not that i have never been able to rock it, though) that is so popular.

Jellies are back - I've been seeing them while shopping for summer sandles for Corinne. I loved jellies. I wished for every color but only remember having pink and clear, which turned in to a dingy color! Love your QTW!

I'm sure I had a pair of those hightops. They are so ugly. But were so cool then. I wanted jelly shoes sooooooooooooooooooo bad. I never got what I wanted. My niece has a pair now. They paid 50 cents at Walmart for them last summer. We hate them. I bet you could google the lollipop. There are online shops that sell candy from previous decades. A lot of that stuff is still being made...you just need to know where to go to find it.

I think the low cut skinny jeans are definitely a fad of this decade. Smart phones and Ipods will be on the list too. How did we ever survive without these things. Just think...we would go out for hours at a time with no phone and we used to have to wait on a tape to rewind to listen to music. And reality tv...even though is started in the 90's with the Real World...it really took off in the 2000's.

Ah, yes. The Reebok hightops....mine were banana yellow. Yes, you read that correctly. They went nicely with my parachute pants, legs warmers, and Guess sweatshirt with the teddy bear on it. And you always looked precious, Casey. I'm not a fan of Uggs or Crocs...don't intend on ever owning a pair of either, and won't go out with my husband when he is wearing his crocs!

Skinny jeans on guys....yuck. Boyfriend jeans/cardigans, spray tans (yes, I have participated in this activity and enjoy it), ankle boots, tunics, American Idol...hmmm. I will probably think of more!